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SADDLE COVER.

APPLICATION FILED APIIJ. I9I1.

,271,375 a Patented July 2,1918,

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SAMUEL U. SAUNERS, OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.kk

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, SAMUEL U. SAUNDnRs, a Asubject ofthe United States, residing at Miami, in the county of Dade and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements Vin Saddle-Covers, vof which the following is afspecification.

My invention relates to removablecovers for bicycle and motorcycle 'saddles andthe like and has for its objects ;A first, to provide' a removable saddle cover which` may fbe quickly and easily put von and Vtaken oft', second, to provide a saddle of such .a construction that it will stay in proper position on the saddle when in use, thirdly, to provide a saddle cover that willl not soil the clothing of the rider or cause chafing as often results in riding upon a hard leather saddle.

With these and other'I objects in view, my invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a saddle upon which a saddle cover embodying my invention is applied, v V

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1, l.

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the saddle cover on the line a-a of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the various views.

t In the drawings A designates generally a bicycle saddle of usual construction having` a narrow pommel 1 and a broad cantle 2. The seat portion is constructed of leather yreinforced by stay plates padded to the proper configuration asis usual in the con struction of saddles of this type.' Acantle plate 3 is provided in the structure and has cantle studs 4 affixed thereto near the ends and which extend downwardly from said plate. A pommel stud is VaiiXed to the above mentioned reinforcing plates and eX- tends downwardly therefrom underneath the pommel and near the end thereof. A spring support 6 engages the cantlestuds 4 with its .ends and extends forward ina circuitous manner to afford resiliency and has a coil 7 near the pommel end of the same to afford further resiliency. The spring Vsupport eX- tends forward of the coil and engagesthe pommel stud 5 with a loop formed therein. Nuts 8 are screw threaded upon the studs Specification of Letters Patent. Pat Applicationaieanprn?,1917. seriai No; 160,4?2. n

4 and 5 and secure said spring to the saddlek A support of the vehicle enr` structure. gages theV spring at a convenient the spring support 6; f

The saddle cover comprises a flexible seat pointv on portion 9 of canvas or other similar heavy' flexible material, and is shaped to cover the seat portion of the `saddle having a broad cantle end and ak narrow pommel end. At the pommel end a number of eyelets 10 are placed inthe cover near the edges thereof enten July 2, 1915.

anden both sides of the same. Said'eyelets `are of Va tough materialjsuch as leather and are stitched upon the cover to withstand the strains to which the eyeletsare subjected. Ak

lacell is threaded throughsaid eyelets al-V ternately engaging the eyelets in the two sides and forming an inclosure with that end of the cover. This inclosure is fitted over the pommel of the saddle and secures that end of the cover thereon against backward and upward movement. A strap 12 is aiiixed to one side ofthe cantle end of the cover and is provided with a buckle 18. A second strap 14 is affixed to the other side of the cantle end and has its loose end adapted to engage the buckle 13. When the cover is in place upon the saddle these straps pass over the cantle endof the saddle and forward underneath the saddle. Strap 14 soV passes through coil ,t7 and passing back from the other side of said coil engages the buckle 13 of strap 12 with its end. The straps 12 and 14 tend to pull the cover 'back on the saddle and are opposed by the enpoinmel endofV the cover with the pommel of the saddle whereby the cover is secured one side of the cover. Ashort strap 16 is aflixed tothe opposite edge of the cover and has a buckle 17 at its end. The strap 15 passesunderneath the saddle and engages Ygagenient .of the inclosure formed at the l buckle 171 thereby holding the `side edges Y is afliXed to the opposite sides of thevcantle POTOD 0f the cover, thus holding the sides `1 'v `of the cantle portion of the cover down upon the saddle. y

The cover is constructed.of two plies of cloth stitched together nearV their edges, as

Vof the'coverV down upon the saddle. Another designated at 21 in the drawings, the edges of the cloth being doubled over inwardly between the plies and confined therein by said stitching. See rF ig. 4. A series of stitches designated at 22 in the drawings, is made about the surface of the cover and serves to keep the plies of the cover from shifting relative to each other yduring the use of the cover and to position padding` 23 which is placed between the plies of the cover and which serves to cushion the saddle.

The cover is preferably niade of a washable material so that it may be easily cleaned.

In applying the cover to a saddle, the inclosure formed on the ponnnel end of the cover by lace 11 is adjusted by said lace to fit the saddle ponnnel. Said lace is then permanently tied, it being unnecessary to loosen the saine when taking the cover oi or applying it after it has once been adjusted to the saddle. Thus in taking the cover ofi" it is only necessary to loosen the straps and slide the cover off froin the poniniel of the saddle. The saine is true in placing the cover back on the saddle, and the fastening means provided securely'holds the cover in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:-

In a saddle cover, a flexible cover portion, an inclosure at the lp'oinniel end thereof, coiled springs fastened at one, end to the oantle end of the saddle, a poinmel stud for retaining the other end of the coiled springs, a pair of straps at the oantle end thereof adapted to pass over the cantle end of a saddle and engaging the coils of the springs of the saddle and straps at the side edges of said cover and adapted to pass under the saddle and engage respective straps at the opposite side of the cover.

In testimony whereof I affix niy signature.

SAMUEL U. SAUNDERS.

Copies ofi this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

